Biology:Marmorofusus brianoi

Short description: Species of gastropod

Marmorofusus brianoi
Shell of Marmorofusus brianoi (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Fasciolariidae
Genus:	Marmorofusus
Species:	M. brianoi
Binomial name
Marmorofusus brianoi (Bozzetti, 2006)
Synonyms
Fusinus brianoi Bozzetti, 2006 (priginal combination)

Marmorofusus brianoi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fasciolariidae, the spindle snails, the tulip snails and their allies.

Description

The length of the shell attains 123.6 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Madagascar .

References

• Bozzetti L. (2006) A new species of Fusinus (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae) from Southern Madagascar. Visaya 1(6): 51-53.

External links

• Lyons W.G. & Snyder M.A. (2019). Reassignments to the genus Marmorofusus Snyder & Lyons, 2014 (Neogastropoda: Fasciolariidae: Fusininae) of species from the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and southwestern Australia. Zootaxa. 4714(1): 1-64

Wikidata ☰ Q5510093 entry